Going by the Health ministry's daily briefings on Covid-19, Kenya has made remarkable progress in the war against the pandemic in recent weeks. The number of cases reported daily continues to reduce. On Wednesday, for instance, the Health Cabinet Secretary reported that only 123 people had tested positive for coronavirus out of 4,948 samples. There is a more ominous threat: The new coronavirus variants. In England, for example, the new variant is said to be behind more than 60 per cent of the coronavirus cases.

Source: Standard Digital January 14, 2021 21:00 UTC